Jean-Baptiste FORTIER

Born

19 May 1770 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 December 1823 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Ambroise FORTIER Brigitte TREMBLAY

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Born: 19 May 1770 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Ambroise FORTIER

Mother: Brigitte TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph FORTIER , Suzanne PLANTE

Maternal grandparents: Jacques TREMBLAY , Marie-Angélique CANTIN (QUENTIN)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS 16 May 1786 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS was born 16 May 1768 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise died 28 August 1836 in Québec, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise was the child of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU.

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER died 20 December 1823 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada .
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Jean-Baptiste FORTIER married

Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS
Marriage date: 16 May 1786
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS was the child of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS

Charles FORTIER

Born: abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Luce MCINTYRE 18 July 1820 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1770
19 May 1770
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS 16 May 1786 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 16 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England